इत्युक्तोऽपि द्वियस्तस्मै व्रीडित: पतये श्रिय: । पृथुकप्रसृतिं राजन् न प्रायच्छदवाङ्मुख: ॥ ५ ॥
ity ukto ’pi dviyas tasmai vrīḍitaḥ pataye śriyaḥ pṛthuka-prasṛtiṁ rājan na prāyacchad avāṅ-mukhaḥ
- iti
- thus
- uktaḥ
- addressed
- api
- although
- dvijaḥ
- the brāhmaṇa
- tasmai
- to Him
- vrīḍitaḥ
- embarrassed
- pataye
- to the husband
- śriyaḥ
- of the goddess of fortune
- pṛthuka
- of flat rice
- prasṛtim
- the palmfuls
- rājan
- O King (Parīkṣit)
- na prāyacchat
- did not offer
- avāk
- bowed down
- mukhaḥ
- whose head
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Even after being addressed in this way, O King, the brāhmaṇa felt too embarrassed to offer his palmfuls of flat rice to the husband of the goddess of fortune. He simply kept his head bowed in shame.